GPS Accuracy Could Start Dropping In 2010 210
adamengst writes "A US Government Accountability Office report raises concerns about the Air Force's ability to modernize and maintain the constellation of satellites necessary to provide GPS services to military and civilian users. TidBITS looks at the situation and possible solutions."
Where's Waldo? (Score:5, Funny)
There he is! No, wait...
Re:How much is actually going to be lost? (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe people will stop looking at me funny when I carry a compass everywhere.
Maybe they'll stop looking at me even stranger when I tell them which way is north WITHOUT a compass.
Re:How much is actually going to be lost? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:How much is actually going to be lost? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Just in time for Galileo (Score:5, Funny)
I'm Catholic you insensitive clod! I can't use it!
Re:How much is actually going to be lost? (Score:4, Funny)
What about Geocaching!? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:How about cutting the dead wood? (Score:5, Funny)
.02Vc (Verizon cents)
Re:How much is actually going to be lost? (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe people will stop looking at me funny when I carry a compass everywhere.
People used to do the same to me. When someone does, I stab them with the pointy end and draw a circle on their face.
Now they don't look at me funny.
Re:Everyone's favorite hobby. (Score:5, Funny)
"What about Goecaching!?" Every nerds favorite hobby could be in jeopardy!
"Everyone" is subjective, "hobby" is misleading and "favorite" is relative... very relative. ;)
"nerd" was right on, however.
Re:Europe to the rescue! (Score:5, Funny)
Oooh, a new acronym!
RAFES - Redundant Arrays of Fucking Expensive Satellites.
Re:This is like the Millenium Bug (Score:5, Funny)
So did I. But some companies still wanted two digit years because it was "too hard" to enter four digit years.
In 1998 I made a killing :-)
Ha! I made my killing in 98, not 1998.
Re:How about cutting the dead wood? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Europe to the rescue! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Just in time for Galileo (Score:5, Funny)
Heh. Naming a bunch of things that orbit the earth after Galileo. Irony :-)
Re:How much is actually going to be lost? (Score:5, Funny)
Telling North is pretty easy using the stars if available at night or the sun if you are reasonably sure of the season and approximately what time of day it is.
As for the old boyscout adage, I think it should be changed to "Moss always grows on the outside of the tree", that's how useful it is. And of course, a rolling stone gathers no moss, so no matter which way it is rolling, that is no indication of which way is north.
If you are ever going hiking and want to be sure not to get lost, be sure to pack your fiberoptic cable and a shovel. If you get well and truly lost, dig a trench and bury the cable. When the backhoe comes to dig it up, simply follow the backhoe back to civilization.
Re:How about cutting the dead wood? (Score:3, Funny)
Yep, or to put it another way, just his .02 dollars.